Results 961-980 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Asylum Applications. (17 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this very important matter. I welcome the intervention today by the UNHCR and ask the Minister to undertake an urgent review of the entire asylum process. I visited St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday to discover why 44 Afghans were on hunger and thirst strike. These men must be assured that the asylum process will be fully transparent so that they...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (17 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to receive a motorised transport grant for an adapted vehicle with clamps for the wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18737/06]

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Departmental Bodies. (17 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to ask the Taoiseach a question on the issue. I welcome this task force. I know Ms Davis and I wish her well. I ask the Taoiseach's opinion on the fact that much frustration exists among communities in trying to get things done in competition against the private sector. I know this as somebody who has worked and continues to work in communities. This even...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, why 41 Afghans, of which seven are minors, including a number of boys of 16 years old, must put their lives in jeopardy by going on hunger strike at St. Patrick's Cathedral to highlight the secretive and erratic process operated by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the feasibility of a helicopter emergency medical service in view of the fact that the two parts of this island are the only areas in Europe which do not have a service; if such a service could be shared between North and South it could instil confidence into our ability to work together; and if she...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is demoralising for carers to have to fight for minimal respite opportunities for their loved ones in view of the fact that people suffering from chronic conditions are looked after at home by carers; the way in which greater certainty can be given to carers in order that they can obtain respite...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who was approved for orthodontic treatment in the UK before their family relocated here was approved by the principal dentist in Mayo and was subsequently refused treatment three years ago; the options which are available to this person; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a full time urology department will be established at Mayo General Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an eight year waiting list in County Mayo for initial referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18373/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatology department will be established at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18374/06]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an ambulance base will be established in the Mulranny, Achill and Ballycroy areas of County Mayo in view of the proven need as prioritised by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18375/06]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister's time is concluded.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion. (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to extend the same humanitarian concern and compassion he showed the tens of thousands of Irish people seeking residency in the US to the Afghan hunger strikers in St. Patrick's Cathedral, one of whom has diabetes and is in a critical...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: As a resident of a rural area, I know there has been an increase in the talk one hears about drugs and in the number of drug related prosecutions. We have had the introduction of remote control gardaí but there is now an added difficulty given that gardaí are being taken from rural areas. Does the Minister of State believe this loss of gardaí to bigger cities and towns is inversely...

Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there is funding available from his Department for youth groups or organisations; if his attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo and the fact that the youth of Westport town have no place to meet; his views on whether this is an essential area which needs funding in many small towns...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this important Bill. It is difficult to know where to start when speaking about an issue of such fundamental importance to everyone concerned. As we are all getting older, it is inevitable, unless something happens to us in the meantime, that we will all need some support in our old age. I use the term "support" because nursing care is a subset of...

Social Welfare Benefits. (11 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend free travel to older Irish emigrants, at the very least to Irish pensioners living in the UK, when they return here on their holidays in view of the fact that a common travel area has always existed between Ireland and the UK which predates the formation of the EU, thus meaning no discrimination against other EU...

Social Welfare Benefits. (11 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for his reply. I hoped he would have news on a breakthrough in the North-South free travel issue. However, he is also anxious to do something regarding the east-west dimension. The common travel area between Ireland and the UK predated the EU but his legal advice is that providing free travel between both countries would discriminate against citizens of other EU states...